Radhakantapur
Radhakantapur is a village in the Daspur I CD block in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Radhakantapur is located at.Area overview
, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820.Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once. It has a density of population of 1,099 per km2, but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Radhakantapur had a total population of 2,473, of which 1,242 were males and 1,231 were females. There were 281 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Radhakantapur was 1,749.Education
Radhakantapur High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1966. The school has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 612 books, 1 computer and a playground.Culture
classifies the Gopinath temple as an ek-ratna of the smaller Daspur type, measuring 22’ x 28’, with rich terracotta façade. He classifies the Dadhibamna temple as a richly decorated pancha-ratna with smooth rekha turrets.The Gopinath temple is a state protected monument.